Definition of "geotherm" []

• A geoisotherm (noun)

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• "The dotted line may be assumed to be a geotherm having a temperature of viscosity."
• "Below this geotherm long-continued stress resolves itself into hydrostatic pressure; above it (there is, of course, no sharp line of demarcation) the crust accumulates elastic energy."
• "They show that as the sediments grow in depth there is a rising of the geotherm of plasticity -- whatever its true temperature may be -- gradually reducing the thickness of that part"